July 22, 2012

Death Match By Lincoln Child

Who needs Match.com, Harmony or JDate, when there is Eden? Eden’s sophisticated hi tech computer Liza did all the work for you. Yes, the computer had a name! For $25,000. Liza would find your perfect match. Guaranteed! No scrolling through pictures, no emailing back and forth and no painful first dates. Sure, you had to endure a thorough physical, as well as psychological examination, answer a multitude of personal questions, but who wouldn’t do that in order to find their soul mate?

Lewis and Lindsay Thorpe were one of Eden’s many success stories. The Thorpes were actually a special Eden match. They were one of the supercouples, couples that matched on every single criteria. They were the first supercouple in the history of the high-tech dating service and they were approaching their one year anniversary. Lewis and Lindsey had a beautiful baby and couldn’t have been any happier.

Eden followed their couples and was proud of their success rate, so when the Thorpes were found dead in their living room, an apparent suicide, alarms went off in their corporate office. What could possibly have caused this perfectly matched couple to take their own lives? Eden must find out quickly and without any negative publicity. Christopher Lash, a forensic psychologist was the perfect person to get to the bottom of these mysterious deaths. Of course Lash was still looking for his perfect match and had his own questionable past which only added to the intrigue.

Undercover as a potential Eden client, Lash undergoes the same testing as the Thorpes, and every other Eden candidate. Lash is introduced to Richard Silver, the friendly yet reclusive genius behind Eden and even meets Liza, who looks nothing like Lash was expecting. How could one little computer accomplish such an amazing task? And more importantly, what else could Liza do?

Unfortunately the mystery escalates quickly when a second supercouple is found dead as they too reach their one year anniversary. Death Match is a fast paced story with lots of twists and turns. Nothing earth shattering, not too complex, just pure entertainment. Although the ending is predictable it was an enjoyable audio book. Just what I was hoping for.

Hello Sharmishta, I enjoyed listening to Death Match as I went about my daily activities. i just started listening to The Third Gate, also by Lincoln Child. The protagonist is Jeremy Logan, an “enigmalogist”. Apparently he specializes in enigmas, the supernatural, unexplained phenomena. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it!